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| This is a comments thread about FSM CD: The Prodigal |
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The most valuable part of this disc, to me, is the non-spectacle music, written for the scenes not asking for the whole orchestra and chorus.
Kaper could write beautiful intimate music and there is plenty of it here.
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The most valuable part of this disc, to me, is the non-spectacle music, written for the scenes not asking for the whole orchestra and chorus.
Kaper could write beautiful intimate music and there is plenty of it here.
I'm revising my opinion! After hearing this cd again, the spectacle music really has its own style, different from the historical/biblical sounds I'm used to, and is unique for it.
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Finally, I will watch this film, on dvd, over Christmas.
I'm looking forward to the music, and wondering if I'll be able to get through watching LT "do her stuff" for what will probably be a long running time.
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A bit like expecting a name like Gertie Crump to compete on equal terms with names like Marilyn Monroe or Bette Davis or Brigitte Bardot.
I expect a name such as 'Chastity Puritan' better reflects the #MeToo movement than 'Lana Turner'.
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Dec 20, 2019 - 7:21 PM
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Vulcanian
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Such an unfortunate name for a star of epic movies, "Edmund Purdom".
Imagine if he'd had a heroic name like "Butch Cutlass" or "Cliff Boulder" or some such.
But his name even looked puny in the cast of The Student Prince when "Mario Lanza" was the real singer and Edmund just mimed. I mean, someone with a star-like name "Mario Lanza" replaced by someone called... "Edmund Purdom"? A bit like comparing a name like "Ben-Hur" with "Bill Hoggins".
I quite liked Edmund Purdom, particularly in The Egyptian, (and I was a regular watcher of his TV series "The Sword of Freedom") but that name must have been a curse.
"Kirk Douglas".
"Charlton Heston"
"Victor Mature"
"Tyrone Power"
and.. "Edmund Purdom"???? Something doesn't sound right.
A bit like expecting a name like Gertie Crump to compete on equal terms with names like Marilyn Monroe or Bette Davis or Brigitte Bardot.
Purdom was one of a number of British actors, such as Leo Genn, Kenneth More and Michael Rennie, who specialized in playing calm, rational men. Indeed, being actors of notably limited range (something that's fine for character actors, which is what most of them were), that's all they really could play. While there are always parts for that kind of actor, there was little or no fire in their personalities or performances, and little in them to really excite audiences.
Remember that the original casting for "The Egyptian's Sinuhe was the notably fiery Marlon Brando, who walked off the film after a few table-readings of the script. When those things happen, a studio usually went back to the list of actors it originally compiled before the formal casting process began. It's difficult to understand, then, how they ended up with Purdom, who must've been far from the top of that list, unless many of Hollywood's most sought-after leading men were put off by Brando's rejection of the part and script.
American studios imported a lot of British talent, then often was at a loss as to what to do with them. Actors like Kieron Moore and David Farrar, leading men in the British film industry, were often cast as villains.
There were a few British actors who did did excite American moviegoers -- the aforementioned Granger, Richard Burton and James Mason -- specifically because they could straddle the hero-villain line and bring a tinge of heroism to villainy, or a touch of the sinister to heroism. They became big stars on this side of the Atlantic, and we remember them well and fondly because of it.
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20 minutes in. Turner already making me snooze.
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). I thought the way the statue toppled at the end was very well done (a bit like a rocket launching, but completely in reverse - if you've seen the film you'll know what I mean.) The liner notes are very informative, even going so far as to give acting plaudits on behalf of Purdom's fake beard! 
